Scott Busby

I am kind, and try to do no harm. I bicycle daily, and tinker on all kinds of projects. INFP

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2025-06-26

A key part of the New York City mayoral races was Ranked Choice Voting.

I'm not seeing many news articles mention this yet (correct me if I'm wrong though!).

Ranked choice let's us vote first for who we actually want.... and then put in backup votes for "good enough" candidates and allows us to compromise and find common ground.

It destroys the concepts of "lesser of two evils" and "throwing away your vote".

I hope we see Ranked Choice voting everywhere.

#newYork #NYC #NYCMayor #ZohranMamdani

2025-06-17
2025-06-10

"Posse Comitaeus" was established by President Rutherford long ago to prevent armed forces action against civilians within the US. But it has an exception in the case of an "insurrection". Is this protest in LA an insurrection? No, but Trump just needed to say it was.
#trump #PosseComitatus #tyranny #LA #marines #nationalguard

2025-05-26

One of the clearest ways to tell if the billionaires are in control, is to see if the country taxes billionaires fairly.
#oligarchy #billionaires #tax

2025-05-18

Yesterday, it said click on all the images that had cars in them. One of the images had trucks. I did not click on it, being super literal about things. I passed the check.
#identity #captcha

2025-04-29

What the billionaires really don't want is for us to join together, to work together for our mutual benefit. By dividing us, and keeping us desperate, they keep their power over us.
#oligarchy #collective #MutualAidRequest #union

2025-04-25

The FBI did not have a legal judicial warrant to enter Judge Hannah Dugan's courtroom. A judge has every right to defend the sanctity of her own courtroom from invasive raids by federal officers.
#FBI #Judge #constitution

2025-04-19

"There are things Americans can do to put economic pressure on El Salvador - People can stop traveling there.
States may decide they don't want any of their pension funds invested in companies involved in El Salvador."

-Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen, speaking from El Salvador about the holding of US resident Abrego Garcia there.
#ElSalvador #ICE #deportation #justice #Resistance

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Heidi Li Feldmanheidilifeldman
2025-04-18

At least we know Abrego Garcia is alive. nbcnews.com/politics/immigrati Unfortunately, Bukele is using the moment to trumpet his intention to keep him in prison.

2025-04-16

I have seen multiple instances where ICE is using a "Wellness check" as a cover story for an abduction attempt. Be aware that no Federal agency will ever legitimately do a "Wellness Check". Those are done by regional health and social service agencies.
#Deportation #ICE #wellness #resistance

2025-04-16

@mister_shade02X2 I predict that the Dems will gain majorities in both the House and Senate in the midterm elections next year.

2025-04-16

Congress has the power to block funding of the $6 million that Trump is giving to El Salvador to hold abducted people from the US.
#deportation #ElSalvador #trump #constitutionalcrisis #congress

2025-04-15

The statue of liberty has a placard which says, "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free." That is the America which we have forgotten, and to which we must return.
#deportation #liberty #resistance #refuge #ICE

2025-04-11

If the Fascist wanted the wrongly deported man returned, he could simply refuse to pay El Salvador the money promised for the prison, and they would hustle to comply. But the most important thing for the fascist is to appear right (never wrong), and to appear invincible (cannot be made to appease). So they would never comply unless forced to do so. Now the Supreme Court has ruled that the man must be returned! So at this point, the Fascist has little choice, but will try to do it in such a way to make it seem it was his idea all along to return him.
#trump #deportation #SupremeCourt #ElSalvador

2025-04-11

Cruelty is a fundamental feature of fascist regimes. The idea is to get us accustomed to it. Make it normal. We must never stop calling it out for what it is.
#fascist #resistance #humanity #empathy #cruelty

2025-04-10

A federal judge in Texas issued a temporary restraining order blocking the Trump administration from using a rarely invoked wartime law to deport Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador.

The ACLU filed the request two days after the Supreme Court ruled that the legal challenges must be in the state where the migrants are detained. (Texas in this case)
#legal #deportations #SupremeCourt #dueprocess

2025-04-09

Another tariff pause announcement

Every time Trump pauses tariffs, stocks jump. His friends buy before the announcement, sell after the announcement, and rake in the cash. Insider trading. In the end, America loses, because uncertainly prevents investment in US treasury bonds, and prevents investors from building the very factories that Trump claims to want.
#tariff #stocks #corruption #trump

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